My name is Melody Wasson and I was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer June 12th, 2008. I was only 28 years old. I knew my chances of developing breast cancer one day was a strong possibility. My great-grandmother passed away from breast cancer in her 40’s and at the young age of 35, my [...]

 Me & the Big “C”
 by Neoma Quintin 
I sat, unworried in my surgeons office. There was no way that the news was going to be bad “I cant have cancer…I’m simply too young” I wondered where to go for a celebratory dinner once the surgeon told me there was nothing to worry about. She sat across [...]

Breast Implants and Cancer
My Story by Kathy Lassen 
I am a breast cancer survivor with a compelling story that I hope to share with the hundreds of thousands of women who undergo breast augmentation each year.  It is my wish to fill the knowledge gap that exists about breast augmentation and breast cancer diagnosis.
My story begins [...]

THE LUCK OF THE DRAW

I moved to Michigan from California about six years ago. I worked in the television industry and left a pretty good career to be with my then boyfriend, now fiance, who was in an accident and moved back with his parents to recouperate. I stayed in CA for a year, working [...]

Susan’s Story…
On September 16, 2001 my mother passed away from an 8 year battle with lung cancer. It was the saddest day of my life. My dad was trying to adjust and my sister decided that she her husband and 18 year old daughter would move down from California to be with my dad and [...]

Hearing your only daughter tell you “I have Breast Cancer” is devastating. I thought about Joshua and Micah, my precious grandsons, – how hard this was on them – scared of their Mommy dying.
Of course the good news about it was how God worked everything out for our return from West Virginia. I had planned [...]

Cindy Papale -My Story
After being diagnosed in July, 2000 with a stage I, left, multi-focal, invasive breast cancer, rather than have a pity party I would turn something so negative and life threatening as breast cancer into a positive. October is breast cancer month, which is the month not only everyone is made aware about [...]

Sheri Strickland-  ”Trust me it’s Nothing
In October of this past year my husband, who works for the federal government, finds out he’s going to be working in Kansas City, MO. We’ve been living in Topeka for 6 years and pretty much have developed a strong dislike for the entire city. Yay! We’re leaving Topeka! I [...]

MOMENT BY MOMENT Friday, January 23, 2009 at 11:24am
I am usually a man of very few words. Except for my wife and a few close friends, I handled my health problems myself rather than leaning on others for support. Recently, though, I have had many conversations with my Llama, doctors, wife, and friends. Most of them [...]

First I should tell you that I am not a victim of cancer, nor am I a survivor… I am just a “co-survivor” of a cancer victim…There are times I have a hard time expressing myself.  Other times it just pours out of me.  I am so much better at getting my feelings out on [...]